Washington, D.C. – Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement blasting Elon Musk’s false attacks as the Trump Administration puts into motion their plan to gut Social Security.
“President Trump has called Social Security a ‘scam,’ and now Elon Musk is calling it a ‘Ponzi scheme.’ Here is the big scam…the big scam is Trump calling on Musk to find $2 trillion in cuts targeting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, all to provide billionaires with additional tax cuts!” said Larson. “That’s the scam. Some of the American people may have been born at night, but not last night – they understand what this is about. We will stand together to resist these cuts in every way possible! We need to be focused not on cuts, but strengthening Social Security and expanding its benefits, something that has not been done in more than 50 years. Are there three Republicans in the House of Representatives who will join Democrats to stand with the 70 million Americans who rely on Social Security, or will they stand with Trump and the nation’s wealthiest one percent?”
On Friday, 24 senior staff resigned at the Social Security Administration (SSA) and Acting SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek announced plans to consolidate ten regional offices down to four and implement mass terminations. Elon Musk promoted their plan on The Joe Rogan Experience, dismissing Social Security as “the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.”
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